Shoe



June 8, 1937.

J, A; MURENA JSHOE Filed Feb. 27, 1934 Patented June 1937 sir-an stares sir or ies SHOE Joseph A. Manna, Jersey City, N. 5. Application February 2'3, 1934, Serial No. 713,189

2 Claims. (01. 3H5) This invention relates to the class of shoes and pertains particularly to improvements in reinforcing for light weight shoes.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved pump by building into the same a reinforcing whereby the sides of the same will be strengthened and the spreading or gaping of the shoe will be prevented.

The invention broadly contemplates the provision of a. shoe of the low quarter type having semirigid reinforcing elements built into the side walls and extending longitudinally of the shoe, whereby the outward spreading of the shoe is prevented when it is flexed or bent while in use.

The invention will be best understood'from a consideration of the following detailed description takenin connection with the accompanying modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a shoe showing the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on'the line 2-2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a. detail view of a reinforcing tube.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate .corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral I indicates generally a pump, in association with which the present invention is shown, and the numerals 2 and 3 indicate respectively the sides of the shoe adjacent the inner and outer sides of a foot therein.

The present invention consists in building into the outer side wall 3 of the shoe the rubber tube. or roll 4. This tube or otherwise formed body of rubber or other suitable resilient material, extends through the major portion of the length of the outer side and is disposed in close proximity to the top edge of the'shoe as illustrated. At the- 5, s and i. As shown, the uppermost body 5 is relatively long and is disposed adjacent the top edge of the wall of the shoe while the next lower body 6 is slightly shorter and the third and lowest body I is still shorter so that the stiffening efiect tapers off or does not extend to as great a length in the lower part of this wall as in the upper part or adjacent the top edge.

By building the shoe with the reinforcing'elements in the inner and outer walls thereof, in the manner described and illustrated, sufllcient additional stiffness is added to hold the sides of the shoe straight while in use to prevent the spreading or gaping of the shoein the manner common to ordinary shoes, without at the same time making the shoe uncomfortable for the wearer. Thus the reinforcing causes the entire bending of the shoe to be confined to the area lying across the toes.

While it is preferred that the inserted bodies d to 1 inclusive be formed of rubber tubing oi small diameter, it is to be understood that the rubber bar or a small bar of sponge rubber or the like.

What is claimed is:-

i. A shoe of the low quarter type having an elongated rubber body embedded in one wall thereof in close proximity to and paralleling the top edge of the shoe, and a plurality of elongated rubber bodies embedded in the other wall and extending in spaced parallel relation longitudinally of the same, said bodies being of decreasing length from the top to they bottom one, said rubber bodies all extending lengthwise of that portion of the shoe sides'which lies between the heel wall thereof, and a plurality of elongated tubes of rubber embedded in the inner wall in the instep portion of the shoe, said latter tubes being in relatively closely spaced parallel relation and extending longitudinally of the shoe and said tubes further being of gradually decreasing length from the top of the shoe downwardly.

JOSEPH A. MURENA. 

